Data ONTAP allows virus-scanning PC clients running a compliant antivirus application to scan files before a CIFS clients is allowed to open it.
CIFS virus scanning is carried out on dedicated PC clients running the Data ONTAP-compliant antivirus application of your choice. When you enable the virus-scanning process through Data ONTAP on the storage system, the virus-scanning application tells the storage system to send file scanning requests.
The virus-scanning application watches for requests from the storage system. Whenever the types of files you specify are opened or changed on the storage system, Data ONTAP sends the PC client a request to scan the file.
The Data ONTAP virus-scanning process can scan multiple storage systems from a single PC client if your virus-scanning application performs this function. For more information about whether a specific virus-scanning application can accommodate scanning multiple storage systems, contact the manufacturer of your virus-scanning application.